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PRAETORIAN SDA_518 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 100076)
Track PRAETORIAN SDA_518 (NORAD catalog number 100076) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object T of 2026's 163rd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2026-163T). It went up together with 20 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 1,331 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.39 km/s, PRAETORIAN SDA_518 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 937 × 961 km, completing one revolution every 103.9 minutes — about 13.9 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0016). Inclined 81.5° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 222.2°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.91° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~937 km × 961 km |
| Inclination | 81.48° |
| Orbital period | 103.9 min (13.86 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00161 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-10-20 |
| COSPAR designation | 2026-163T |
| NORAD catalog number | 100076 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-10-23. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Other Active Satellites group
PRAETORIAN SDA_518 is one of 4,802 active satellites in WatchSat's general catalog — the broad population of Earth-observation, communications, science, amateur-radio and technology spacecraft outside the giant broadband constellations. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see PRAETORIAN SDA_518 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, PRAETORIAN SDA_518 is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See the “When can I see it?” panel in the live view for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of PRAETORIAN SDA_518 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- PRAETORIAN SDA_517 (NORAD 100075)
- PRAETORIAN SDA_519 (NORAD 100077)
- PRAETORIAN SDA_516 (NORAD 100074)
- PRAETORIAN SDA_520 (NORAD 100078)
- PRAETORIAN SDA_515 (NORAD 100073)
- PRAETORIAN SDA_521 (NORAD 100079)
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